Doist vs Heap

Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) and Heap (Product Insights) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Doist (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Heap (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 35). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Doist is clearly ahead of Heap. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Doist is ahead of Heap. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Doist is clearly ahead of Heap. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Doist is ahead of Heap. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Doist is clearly ahead of Heap.

Doist carries 5,576 GitHub stars across 170 public repos, with 45 repositories active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors on record. Heap shows 215 stars across 65 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Doist's footprint is roughly 25.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Doist is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Heap makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.